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Can Sleep Deprivation Lead to Dementia?

It is often assumed that as we age, we need less sleep than the young. However, this is not the case. In fact, studies show that middle-aged people sleep less due to damage to the brain. Furthermore, many experts believe that people cannot get away with less sleep as they age.

How Blue Light Really Affects Your Sleep and Health

You may have heard about the negative impacts screen time has on sleep and fatigue (lack of sleep in itself may contribute to the causation of other health concerns like obesity, diabetes, etc). But what’s in those lumens that could affect our bodies that way?

You Don’t Have to Sacrifice Good Sleep When You Travel!

But for light sleepers, even a short trip can lead to travel fatigue and can seriously upset your plans and sleep schedule.

5 Things You Can Do When You Sleep with Someone Who Snores

I might be dead-tired then, but try as I might, I can’t sleep through that racket. It can be extremely frustrating trying to block out the snoring noise in the quiet of the night and try and drift off to sleep. Kicking or elbowing your partner doesn’t help much either.

Are You Experiencing Pain? Get More Sleep!

The correlation between sleep deprivation and a heightened sensitivity to pain is not an apparent one, but it may exist. In a 2018 paper , researchers at the University of California, Berkeley established that our brains may turn off their “pain-protection” gear on days we don’t sleep enough.

7 Dangerous Ways Insomnia Ruins Your Health

Sleep deprivation is among the most common health issues in the world; around 33% of the world’s population suffers from insomnia. Sleep deprivation can either be categorized as acute (when the problem lasts for just a few days or weeks) or chronic (when it lasts for over a month).

Study Finds Nicotine and Alcohol, Not Coffee, Harm Sleep

Everybody knows that a cup of coffee before sleep will keep you awake, and a glass of red wine will put you away, but a new study by the Sleep Research Society reveals that while red wine may make you drowsy, it comes at a steep price to your sleep quality.

Can't Sleep? Don't Let Stress Get to You!

This is not because rising stress-hormone levels play a role in terminating sleep. When you deprive yourself of sleep, the sleep-induced decline in the levels of those stress hormones has no chance to occur.

Snoring at Night? 6 Things That Could Be Causing the Issue

Sleep apnea Snoring is the most noticeable symptom of sleep apnea. This common sleep disorder affects roughly every 20th person in the world (about 6% of the population). Most of these people are never diagnosed or treated.

12 Things You Never Knew About Sleeping!

Sleep deprivation affects the young more than the old. According to studies, the energy of youth requires a lot of sleep too, and people of ages 18-24 are more strongly affected by a lack of sleep than older people are. 2. Even one hour more of sleep can help prevent traffic accidents.

It’s Time to Rethink Your Weekly Schedule, Here’s Why

The hours of sleep you lose over the week cannot be compensated for by sleeping at a later date. For the past four decades, 40% of Americans have been getting less sleep on a daily basis than the recommended 7-9 hours for an adult of up to 64 years.

Thinking of Taking a Long Nap? It Might Not Be a Good Idea

See Also: A Guide to Sleep Deprivation and Better Napping The study's conclusions The study analyzed 313,651 participants from over 20 studies to examine the link between napping and potential health implications. Of the participants, 39 percent took naps.

If You Struggle to Sleep, Ask Yourself These 9 Questions!

Everyone deserves a good night's sleep, but sometimes, for one reason or another, we cannot get the sleep that we require. If you are having difficulty getting to sleep each night, and want to get to the bottom of what could be causing it, you should ask yourself these 9 important questions.

Sleeping in the Cold Isn’t Just Cozier, It’s Healthier

But what if we told you that sometimes, it isn’t stress , genetics , or your sleeping position that’s to blame for poor sleep quality, it’s the temperature of your surroundings. It turns out that room temperature affects not only our sleep quality but our overall health as well.

Want Better Sleep? Try Sleeping Like Our Ancestors!

When it comes down to sleeping, it’s safe to say that we all go about it in a different way.